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Tables of Contents for The Writer's Resource Handbook
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
CHAPTER ONE Career Assistance for the Writer
1
42
Membership and Service Organizations
2
23
Writers with Disabilities
25
6
Power in Numbers
31
5
Finding a Job
36
2
Insurance Plans for Artists
38
5
CHAPTER TWO You Get What You Pay For
43
30
Literary Agents
44
7
A Word About Publishers
51
3
The Question of Self-Publishing
54
9
Editorial Services for Writers
63
5
You Pay for What You Get
68
5
CHAPTER THREE Professional Services for Writers and Writers' Organizations
73
12
Legal Services
74
4
Arts Mediation
78
2
Accounting and Business Help
80
5
CHAPTER FOUR Writer-in-Residence Programs
85
26
State-Supported Residence Programs
86
4
Privately Sponsored Residence Programs
90
6
Workshops, Colleges and Foundations
96
1
Residencies for Journalists and Researchers
97
3
Time and Space to Work
100
4
Quiet! Writer at Work
104
7
CHAPTER FIVE Artists and Writers Communities
111
14
The Residential Complex
112
10
Scholarships and Grant Programs for Communities
122
3
CHAPTER SIX Gaining Exposure for One's Work
125
18
The Search for the "Right" Literary Magazine
126
5
Coming to Terms with the Publisher of a Periodical
131
1
The Problem of Being Versatile
132
4
The Value of a Literary Reading
136
7
CHAPTER SEVEN Creative Writing Programs
143
14
Pursuing a Creative Writing Degree
144
4
What Becomes of an MFA Graduate?
148
5
Balancing Teaching and Writing
153
4
CHAPTER EIGHT Sources of Public and Private Support for the Individual
157
27
Fellowships for Individual Writers
158
4
Artists Supporting Other Artists
162
6
Public Arts Support
168
4
Helping Artists to Help Themselves
172
1
Travel Grants
173
1
Technical Assistance Grants
174
1
Sudden Opportunity Grants
175
1
Paying to be Heard
176
1
State Arts Agency Literary Awards
177
1
Humanities Councils
178
6
CHAPTER NINE Awards for Poets
184
19
CHAPTER TEN Awards for Writers of Fiction
203
14
CHAPTER ELEVEN Awards for Writers in Various Categories
217
22
Journalism
217
3
Translations
220
2
Minorities
222
2
Women
224
2
Children's Literature
226
3
Disabled Writers
229
1
Writers in General
229
3
Regional and Thematic Sources
232
1
United States History
232
1
Canada
232
1
The South
232
1
The Midwest
233
1
New England
234
1
The West
234
1
Europe
234
1
Hawaii
234
1
New York
235
1
Religion
235
1
Music
236
1
Race Relations
236
1
Humor
236
1
Public Policy
237
2
CHAPTER TWELVE Awards for Playwrights
239
13
Screenwriters
248
4
Bibliography
252
3
Index
255